Detroit Soul 1961-62

Detroit Soul 1961-62

£20.00

Side One

You Knows What To Do Barrett Strong

It’s Gonna Be Hard Times             Saundra Mallett

Whole Lotta Woman      The Contours

That’s No Lie      Gino Parks

Oh Lover              Singin’ Sammy Ward

She Don’t Love Me          The Spinners

Someday We’ll Be Together        Johnny & Jackey

Never Let You Go            Marvin Gaye

One Of These Days         Little David Ruffin

Side Two

I Don’t Want Take A Chance        Mary Wells

Tie Me Tight       Bob Kayli

Just For You        Freddie Gorman

I Feel It Ruben Fort

Too Smart           Shorty Long

Money (That’s What I Want)       Richard Wylie

My Baby Won’t Come Back          Martha & The Vandellas

Don’t Feel Sorry For Me                                Jimmy Ruffin

Oh Mother Of Mine        The Temptations

Hurricane Of Love            The Four Holidays

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Description

A bumper collection of early Detroit Soul/R&B, soon to be called The Motown Sound. Detroit had by far the fastest growing black music industry in the USA in the very early sixties, not just in terms of recorded music but it had a live gig scene just as prolific. The number of new labels and artists that appeared each week was quite phenomenal but most of the labels featured on this compilation, Tamla, Gordy, Miracle and Motown, were part of Berry Gordy’s nascent recording empire. And the others were also Gordy family ventures: Anna was set up by Gordy’s sister Gwen with Billy Davis and Tri-Phi was a Gwen and Harvey Fuqua enterprise.

PLEASE NOTE

Due to faulty factory pressing, Whole Lotta Woman was included twice in place of That’s No Lie.